Police: Man with large gun robs gas station

Dec. 6, 2012

Updated Aug. 21, 2013 1:17 p.m.

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he suspected is described as a black male, about 5'11, weighing approximately 250 pounds, police said. He was wearing a red baseball cap, blue and black plaid short sleeve shirt over a long sleeve black shirt, blue jeans, light colored gloves, and a bandana-type mask covering his face. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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A Garden Grove Police officer secures the entrance to the Chevron station at 12681 Magnolia Street in Garden Grove. Police said the loss is approximately $2,000 in cash. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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Security footage shows a masked, armed gunman who robbed a Chevron gas station on Magnolia Street and Mays Avenue around 11:05 p.m. Wednesday night in Garden Grove. The suspect got away with around $2,000. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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The robbery occurred at about 11:05 p.m. at the Chevron station at 12681 Magnolia Street, Garden Grove police said. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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A Garden Grove Police officer collects evidence after a masked man armed with a large handgun robbed a Chevron gas station and fled on foot Wednesday night in Garden Grove. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

he suspected is described as a black male, about 5'11, weighing approximately 250 pounds, police said. He was wearing a red baseball cap, blue and black plaid short sleeve shirt over a long sleeve black shirt, blue jeans, light colored gloves, and a bandana-type mask covering his face. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

A masked man armed with a large handgun robbed a Chevron gas station and fled on foot Wednesday night.

The robbery occurred at about 11:05 p.m. at the Chevron station at 12681 Magnolia St., Garden Grove police said.

The robber, who police said was armed with a large, semi-automatic type of handgun, ordered the clerk to the ground and demanded money from the cash register, police added.

After the clerk gave him the money, the robber left the store and was last seen running south from the station, police said.

Police said the loss is approximately $2,000 in cash.

The robber is described as a black male, about 5-feet-11-inches tall, weighing approximately 250 pounds, police said. He was wearing a red baseball cap, blue and black plaid short-sleeve shirt over a long-sleeve black shirt, blue jeans, light-colored gloves, and a bandana-type mask covering his face.

Anyone who has any information is asked to contact the Garden Grove Police Department at (714) 741-5704.

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